Does anyone know how the Particle Mesh devices will be programmed? I love the Photon for easy over-the-air programming. It would make sense that the Argon would be capable of over-the-air updates with built-in WiFi. What about the Xenon endpoints? Must they be programmed up close and in person? I saw the Mesh Debugger dongle on the pre-order page. Is that dongle required for programming the Xenon devices? or for programming all the devices?
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They should all be programmable OTA. The Debugger is a nice extra, but shouldn’t be required as far as I’m aware.
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This should be possible via a connected gateway (Argon or Boron) and even serval mesh hops.
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Yes. The debugger is to support an additional set of features that we’re planning to add to our Desktop IDE before hardware delivery in July. It is not required for programming.
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Will devices be programmable over USB using DFU/Serial?
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Yes!
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Xenons can also be updated over the air via a gateway, such as an Argon, Boron or Xenon + Ethernet FeatherWing. For those who like to get into the low-level networking gooeyness, Nordic has an example Thread-based DFU that should give you a sense of how Xenons could OTA update.
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Will the programming environment be similar to Photon – programming in C++/Wiring? Or what language/libraries/developer tools are involved?
@mprogers, the tools and language will be the same.
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Excellent, I am looking forward to acquiring several Argon and Borons.
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About debugging, I am wondering if I need to preorder the debugger or I can still use the ST-Link I have for the photon.
What additional functionality does the new debugger provide that I would miss?
I am interested in debugging in my application, as opposed to the programmer shield method.
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